Nov 26 2006
Kolsva Revealed
KOLSVA SWEATER
Pattern: "Kolsva" from Noro Revisited
Designer: Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton
Yarn: Noro Kochoran #17 colorway
Source: WEBS purchase, Stitches '06
Needles: Size US 9 and 10 Clover Bamboo
Started: November 9th / Finished: November 24th
Completed for the Norovember knitalong!
Detail Photos: 1. Kolsva Sweater, 2. Sleeve and Neck Stitches,
3. Set-in sleeve detail, 4. Kolsva Sweater 2
I started this one on the five-and-a-half hour flight to California, and the bulk of the knitting progress was done on the l-o-n-g flight back from California (remember?) I bought this book specifically for this pattern last December, and I am happy to say that it is now a part of my wardrobe.
Kolsva was quick, and fun. The yarn was wonderful, much like the other Noro yarns I have worked with. The only caution: if you don't like fuzzies and lint on your clothes, don't knit with this yarn. It is a 50% Wool/20% Silk/30% Angora blend, and that angora will get all over your clothes. Carry a lint roller with you! The good thing about it? My orange cat, and my white dog can rub against me, and their fur won't show on this sweater! 
I finished the body of the sweater the night before Thanksgiving, and let the sweater block while we were away for the holiday.
Soaking and blocking brought out a rather harsh smell - kind of a mix of gasoline / plastic (!) and wet dog (or sheep, in this case). I was not happy about this, and resoaked the pieces in the sink for a while with some wool soap. Luckily, it is now "stink-free" and much softer than before. It blocked out well, and I began to pick up the stitches for the cowl neck on Thanksgiving night, after the festivities. I stayed up late putting the finishing touches on her!
I carefully seamed her up, and she went out with me yesterday to meet up with my sister and my parents. (Sarah even tried her on!) I am happy with the results. I love the color palette of the Kochoran, and the random striping, and I am happy with the fit. Like my other Noro sweater, Klaralund, the horizontal striping is the only "hang up" as I am already self-conscious about my mid-section, and horizontal striping is notorious for making one look bigger. Of course, I knew this going in, and I followed the shaping in the pattern. I hope the stripes are small enough to lessen this effect. I have about 3/4 of a ball left, probably enough to make a hat, or some wristlets…
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
It’s gorgeous. At least something good came out of the long flight! The non-knitters must’ve been so much more frustrated.
Lolly it’s so pretty! And the neckline draws your eye up and down, and reduces the focus on the horizontal striping - I get self conscious about that too.
I was so happy to see you visited some of the wineries I recommended! We were just in Napa Valley this week and visited Muse in St. Helena - I wouldn’t have known about it if you hadn’t posted about it. So thanks!
The sweater came out gorgeous, and just so you know, it is all subjective - I was looking at the pictures thinking how THIN you are looking these days, and how fabulous you looked in the sweater when I read your comment about the striping. Trust me, between the neck line and your continually shrinking form, you have NOTHING to worry about! Wear her in good health, and enjoy knowing it looks amazing on you!
Looks great! I definately want to knit this one!
Looks great. I love the cowl on this sweater. You look great in the sweater and the colors are fabulous.
you look fantastic! congrats on a beautiful new jumper.
Lolly your sweater is beautiful and looks wonderful on you!
the noro sweater looks gorgeous on you! nice job!
i love your glasses too.
Gorgeous sweater! You look beautiful in it.. and I’m sure it will get a lot of wear this winter!
Beautiful! You look awesome in it.
You look great in your Napa Noro sweater!
Lolly! This came out beautifully! Great job. It looks great on you.
The sweater looks great! Good job.
I really like your sweater. I don’t know if I would have made it from the picture in the book, but your photos really make me want one.
And as people above have said, between the cowl and your smile, the horizontal stripes do nothing bad.
How beautiful! I love your Kolsva so much I’m tempted to make it myself
wow! this sweater is gorgeous.
i love those colors, and you did a beautiful job on it!
It looks wonderful, Lolly. And you finished Norovember early! Love your hair up like that, too.
That sweater looks great on you! Nice work. I’m drooling here.
Well done Lolly! Its beautiful. Its flattering. And you lost some more weight, impressive.
It’s gorgeous! Excellent work!
It looks great Lol! However, with the way you’re dropping that weight it won’t fit you in a few weeks!
It turned out great and looks wonderful on you!
Wow, great sweater and you look fabulous in it!
your sweater is gorgeous! Your smile couldn’t get any bigger either, you look so happy in your new sweater!
Fantastic Sweater, you did a great job!
It’s stunning!!! You’re inspiring me to try knitting with Noro.
Lovely, lovely sweater!
What a lovely sweater! And it looks great on you; very flattering.
I walk past this yarn everyday at work (Webs) and I think of you everytime. “I know that Lolly is using THIS yarn for her Norovember sweater.” Great job, it turned out beautiful.
The sweater looks great! Congrats on finishing it for Norovember!
It’s gorgeous and it looks gorgeous on you!
Beautiful! And I’m so impressed, you finished this with days left!
the sweater looks fab! i think it looks really good on you. the cowl makes the striping less of an area to focus on.
Wowzers! It’s absolutely gorgeous! Well done!
You look absolutely smashing in that sweater! The colors, the textures…. Beautiful yarn and lovely pattern–but it looks especially nice on you.
It looks so lovely on you! What a pretty sweater.
Congratulations! That sweater looks so cozy!
lolly it’s beautiful! i’ve never seen this patten and i adore it. so, so wearable, and i can that it will be mainstay in your wardrobe. sorry about the odd smell, tho! (and you look fabulous — no more worrying about horizontal stripes.)
looks beautiful!
I am so impressed that you finished this so quickly! I need a jolt of your knitting speed these days. It looks wonderful and very flattering. Wear it with pride!
It’s absolutely gorgeous — well done!!
That sweater is fabulous! Stop being self-concious and strut your stuff. You look wonderful.
It looks lovely on you Lolly. Wear her proudly!
Amy
Lolly…you just get cuter and cuter. Love the top on you! Good work.
OMG! Lolly commented on my lowly little new blog! I’ve been reading yours for a long time, but I usually don’t comment; i’m a lurker. Thank you so much for the compliments. I love this sweater, I love anything Noro. Thank you for stopping by, please do so more often!
its definitely a work in progress.
Congrats, Lolly; it looks terrific on you!
your Kolsva is a winner! the colors soft and “shy” but the neck so cool and sexy!
Yay for beautiful sweaters! It looks gorgeous on you!
I was wondering if you’d be interested in helping out with a new site I’m trying to get up and running- Craftacular.com
It is a wiki, which means that anyone can edit any page that hasn’t been locked. I’m hoping that it will become a great repository of the collected wisdom of all the crafters online. Tutorials, patterns, solutions to common problems, etc. Anything you can add would be really appreciated. I hope you have a Merry Christmas!
That is so awesome that you finished a sweater in a month, and it looks incredible, too!
Beautful! Those colors look great on you. Enjoy it!
Lolly, it’s perfect! You did a great job and it looks beautiful and very sexy on you. Bravo!
Wonderful! I’ve been eyeing this one, too, but definitely a post Christmas project! You did a great job and it looks perfect on you!
Fantastic sweater. It does look wonderful on you, and you knit it up so quickly. Well done! I have a sister too, where everything I make always looks good on her. She is quite a few sizes smaller than me too, so that helps in making the knitted items look good too, maybe I need to follow your weight loss program and lose a few kilos too. I cant wait to see what you make out of the leftover yarn too, happy knitting!
Wow that sweater is gorgeous! I just love it! It looks great on you! You did a great job on it! Beautiful!
It looks great! (In and of itself and it looks great on you.) And you know, I usually don’t like Noro that much (shhh! Don’t let everyone know — they’ll stone me!) but I like this sweater.
Looks beautiful on you! So quick!!!
wow I love it!!!!!
The sweater looks great and you look beautiful in it!
that was FAST! oh! the love affair with noro continues … i think it’s very flattering, and the wonderful scooped/cowl neckline draws attention away from the parts we think everyone is looking at! i’m very impressed
Wow! That is some fast knitting.
Simply lovely!!
~Suz~
Love the cowl neck. The sweater is great on you–very flattering and wearable. I love wearable knits. Congrats on finishing Norovember.
You’re looking so nice in this new and really wonderful Sweater. Great compliment.
Greetings from Germany
Elke
is gorgeous! I love the color too, looks good on you.
Gorgeous sweater! It looks great on you!
So pretty! I love the colors, and it looks awesome on you.
It’s gorgeous!
Wow, it’s beautiful - and you’re so speedy!
Congratulations! This one looks warm and fits you well!
I love the sweater!! It looks soooo soft. this yarn is fabulous, even the floofs that it leaves behind.
love the sleeve! you did a fabulous job on the finishing too!
Lolly the sweater came out beautifully… truly feeling the Noro Kochoran #17 colorway.
It looks really beautiful! I love the colorway you chose…very romantic!
That’s a gorgeous sweater and it looks so nice on you! Horizontal stripes be damned!
Gorgeous! You did a beautiful job.
Beautiful!
Wow Lauren, that was quick! It looks great on you! Hope you had a good turkey day ; )
Your sweater looks gorgous on you! You are really looking amazing and you have the figure to wear those stripes so wear them with pride!
Lolly! I absolutely LOVE It! what a quick knit!
It’s beautiful Lolly! It looks great on you….you have nothing to worry about with the stripes.
Absolutely beautiful………..I love the neckline………very flattering for everyone and anyone.
Gorgeous… and moreso on you!
it looks very sweet. do you like this one more than klaralund? hope you’ve had a great holiday!
Lolly, the sweater is fantastic! You must be thrilled!
I read your blog often, but just had to comment after seeing you in that awesome sweater! The sweater is so beautiful and it looks fantastic on you. Don’t worry about those stripes, the only thing they are drawing attention to is to is that rapidly shrinking middle!
Lolly, your knits are always such an inspiration, I can’t wait to see what you knit next!
When I saw the number of comments you already had reagrding this sweater I almost didn’t post….but this sweater is too beautiful not to ohhh and ahhhh over. Great job.
WOW! Beautiful work and so flattering! I love cowls.
That sweater is really gorgeous but you look fantastic!! I’m so impressed-you must have reached your goal weight. Great job!!
I’m glad you got my little gift-thanks again for all you do.
Gosh, you look good. Oh yeah I said that. Just wanted to make sure you heard. :))
good heavens - how quick!! - and how incredibly beautiful!! You look gorgeous in it! I have planned to knit it and got yarn for it too - what on earth am I waiting for…
The sweater is lovely and so are you! Nice work! :0)
i just adore this sweater! the texture of the yarn and the striping are really gorgeous… and talk about a norovember sweep! i just started my project but it will no doubt take me ages to complete it
congrats on another beautiful FO!
What a gorgeous sweater that looks so beautiful on you, Lolly! Congratulations.
I’m self-conscious about my midsection, too, but I think this sweater looks absolutely gorgeous on you! Lovely work!
Now that looks nice and cozy! It turned out so nice. Bet you will get alot of use out of it this winter.
Lolly, you look so fabulous on cowl sweater!!! Now, I really want to make one for myself as I was so self-conscious about my midsection. Great job!!!
Beautiful! Love the pictures. The cowl hangs so nicely… Way to go.
gorgeous! girl, I don’t know how you get so many sweaters (not to mention scarves, socks, hats, etc) knit, but keep on knitting them! love the colors.
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The sweater is lovely, it looks great on you!
that’s a beautiful neckline on you. really. excellent work!
Woohoo, look at you girl. It’s great, love it, it’s a very flattering sweater. I love the drapey cowl necklines, always sexy on us busty ladies.
It looks fabulous on you! The cowl completely eliminates any need to worry about horizontal striping and you looks so good that you don’t really need to worry about that anymore.
Love the picture of your Mom in yesterday’s post.
I think you look GREAT! You don’t need to worry about horizontal striping. I don’t know how I missed your airport story but thank goodness for knitting! I have a story. 2 summers ago we flew from D/FW to Seattle. As we were going through security my then 6 year old son kept setting off the alarm. They pulled me aside and I wasn’t allowed to talk to him unless they told me exactly what to say. They ran the wand over him and still couldn’t figure out why he was setting off the alarm. They were starting to have him pull off clothes when I said (without being told to) “what is in your cargo pocket”. It was a penny. The penny set off the alarm. I stayed calm as I didn’t want to bring more attention to us. David was a little freaked out since he couldn’t talk to me. Other people around me were angry that security was doing that to a six year old. It was nice to have their support as my husband and 2 other sons had been directed to another security gate about 2 rows over. He knew something was wrong but they wouldn’t let him come over to us. All was well though!
It looks beautiful!
That turned out SO well! I love the colors on you, just gorgeous
And you finished within your November deadline!
Love it! It’s so flattering on you. Rock on!
Wow, no hair klinging to this yarn? Awsome! Great choice of colors. It fits you well.
Very pretty! You did a beautiful job and it looks great on you. Also thanks for the link to your other Noro FO, I just added ANOTHER sweater to my To Knit list!
Awesome. Love the color, the fit - it looks great on you. I’m always iffy about cowlnecks, but I really love it.
Oh Lolly, you look fabulous in the sweater! And what a lovely sweater it is, I love the colours!!! very nice!!! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!!
Wow, it’s gorgeous! It looks wonderful! And you knit it up so quickly! Great job.
the sweater is fantastc and it looks so good on you!
HOLY COW! 111 COMMENTS! i’d be blushing too
Congratulations! It looks wonderful on you, and you met your deadline too! Looks like you and your mom are having fun knitting together.
oh wow! i missed this post. it looks sensational on you. what a great FO to have in your wardrobe.
Gorgeous!!
You have nothing to worry about. You look gorgeous as does the sweater and the striping looks good. No worries there. Great job!
OOOh, I Love it!!
You did such a great job.
(Good Noro color choice too.)
Lolly - I am so digging this sweater! I bought an entire bag of Kochoran at Stitches East and really had no idea what I was going to do with it. Now I do! Thanks!
PS: My yarn is exactly the same color as yours, too! It’s nice to see it knitted up.
Wow, great job! It looks awesome on you!
Lolly, it’s lovely. I kind of cringed at the term cowl neck, because I think that those are so unflattering, but I like the twist on the cowl neck in this sweater and think that is is quite flattering. And I love the color, too. I don’t think I’ve seen that colorway before.
Ooh, that is lovely. You are rockin’ that cowl. The noro is gorgey too!
Gorgeous! The sweater looks fantastic - and suits you so well. It is just wonderful.
Very impressive to complete 2 sweaters in one month. Wow.